A week before the televised event and its cancelled?

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  1. The Mighty One

    The Mighty One Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Contract dispute shelves title card


    By Dan Rafael
    ESPN.com


    A March 26 world title doubleheader scheduled for ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" was called off on Wednesday because of contractual problems between promoter Don King and ESPN.
    The card, scheduled to take place at Treasure Island in Las Vegas, was to have featured cruiserweights Steve Cunningham and Matt Godfrey squaring off for a vacant title and Cory Spinks defending his junior middleweight belt against mandatory challenger Cornelius "K9" Bundrage.
    "In line with our commitment to air quality boxing content, we had interest in airing the fights. Unfortunately, we couldn't come to an agreement acceptable to both sides. We will continue to look for opportunities to acquire fights that serve our boxing fans," ESPN said in a statement.
    King told ESPN.com that his office and the network went back and forth with paperwork but that he never received a contract. King said that the site of the fight [Treasure Island] was subsequently booked and, on Friday, King said his office sent ESPN a letter saying they did not have a deal.
    "So, therefore, we'll look to the future, but we had no agreement on this card," King said.

    Dan Rafael is ESPN.com's boxing writer.
     
    The Mighty One, Mar 17, 2010
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  2. mugen82

    mugen82 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Don King needs to retire, Alexander/Spinks/Cunningham need to find a new home, cos when the F*** was the last time the latter two actually fought?

    How can you go from being amongst the top two/three in your weight division, to never being mentioned?
     
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  3. des3995

    des3995 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    On the money.
     
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  4. aceshigh

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    Sick of these non stop fight cancellations!:twisted:
     
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  5. The Mighty One

    The Mighty One Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The UFC never cancels an event.
     
    The Mighty One, Mar 17, 2010
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  6. Bodysnatcher

    Bodysnatcher Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  7. 46and0

    46and0 It's irrefutable. Full Member

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    Alexander needs to get away from the has-been Don King.
     
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  9. JMP

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    Don King can go **** himself.

    You wanna fight once every two years? Be my guest...sign with him.
     
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  10. sdsfinest22

    sdsfinest22 Pound 4 Pound Full Member

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    they just did a few months ago..hw championship fight as a matter of fact...plus there champs haven't defended any belts in a while...
     
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  11. kirk

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    It seriously seems King is the worst promoter to have in boxing.... he would def be last on my list of major promoters if i was a world class boxer.
     
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  12. haglerwon

    haglerwon Official GTMSBT Marquez Full Member

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    The UFC never puts one on.
     
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  13. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    how long as spinks been with don king?

    the guy who has been in his prime has fought 8 times in 6 years! sad

    what a way to make a living......
     
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  14. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    and how come this **** isnt taken care of before the fights are even signed?
     
    iceman71, Mar 17, 2010
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  15. Bajingo

    Bajingo Boxing Junkie banned

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    King is an idiot. All his fighters are hopelessly inactive and he just signed another one (cloud). Alexander and his team were begging King to get him fights and he's still too inactive for a young fighter. Spinks, Cunningham, Mayorga (he's in MMA now but was fighting once a year since 2003), Daniel Santos, Guillermo Jones, the list goes on.
     
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